- Get in touch with people I find interesting.
- Think about commonalities in creative process, industry and careers.
- Email, twitter, Facebook, letter, telephone, snapchat, meet in person.
- Look at creative blogs.
- It's never too early to talk to professionals!
- My opinions are as valid as anyone else's.
- designnetworknorth, designrelated, design21sdn, coroflot, freelanceuk, aiga.org, cannycreative
LINKED IN
- Linked in is not like Facebook.
- Avoid mentioning student status.
- Join relevant groups.
- Think carefully about sharing client lists, do I want other people to know these contacts?
- Don't always speak to illustrators, what other areas would be of interest to me?
- Write down my goals.
- What areas to I want to be involved in.
I stayed behind after the session to talk to John. I just wanted to ask a quick question about an illustrator I am going to contact. On her website she states that she gets a lot of emails from students asking for advice and she provides an email address as a contact point for this and she says that she won't have time to reply to everyone. I really don't want my work to get lost in the many many emails she must be getting all the time. John said that some rules are meant to be broken and it would be best to take another route to contact her which I totally agree with. I am going to take the time to write her a letter instead, although I need to trawl the internet first to find an address to send it to!
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